相對于龐大的財富和知名度,麥肯齊·斯科特在慈善領域行事相當低調。她捐款從不炫耀或高調,最新一次也不例外。
ACE總裁兼首席執行官格蕾絲·弗里克斯告訴《財富》雜志,她實在太低調,總部在佐治亞州克利夫蘭的Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs(ACE)員工收到斯科特1000萬美元捐贈通知后,還以為是垃圾郵件或釣魚郵件。
這是非營利社區發展金融機構ACE收到最大的一筆捐贈。該組織成立于2000年,為佐治亞州新創立的企業提供貸款和咨詢服務,主要幫助女性、有色人種和中低收入人群。此前的2020年,斯科特就曾向該組織捐贈了500萬美元。
弗里克斯告訴《亞特蘭大憲法報》(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution),最新這筆捐贈“完全出乎意料”?!拔乙詾樗螂娫拋硎且槍χ暗木栀泴懖┛突驁蟮溃赡芟胝椅艺務劊部赡苷沂芤婵蛻粽務??!?/p>
億萬富翁斯科特是亞馬遜創始人杰夫·貝佐斯前妻,2019年兩人離婚后,她一直在陸續處置離婚后獲得的巨額財富。據《福布斯》(Forbes)報道,截至3月,斯科特已向2300多個非營利組織捐贈了高達173億美元,身家仍高達340億美元。以前她經常在博客和名為Yield Giving的在線數據庫中公開捐贈情況?,F在往往是受捐助方公開。
斯科特給ACE捐贈時,恰逢該組織向1500位亟需服務的小企業主提供3億美元貸款的五年戰略增長計劃第二年。弗里克斯說,這筆無限制條件的捐贈可以幫助ACE實現“遠大的目標”,還能提供10萬小時的商業咨詢服務。
弗里克斯在給《財富》雜志的聲明中表示:“設想有資源之后ACE能做什么是一回事,但如果一開始就擁有資源,敢于為使命設想,追求更好的現實,心態則完全不一樣。”
斯科特默默付出
不管是慈善家還是普通人,都對斯科特的巨額財富和慷慨捐贈津津樂道。
8月慈善組織Philanthropy Together首席執行官薩拉·洛梅林在《財富》雜志發表的專欄文章中寫道:“2020年以來,麥肯齊·斯科特向全球2300多家非營利組織捐贈了驚人的170億美元,每筆都在百萬以上,而且沒有限制條件,她非常重視社會變革前沿領導者的知識、關系和專業度。真的很棒。”斯科特經常向關注公平正義、教育、健康、經濟安全和平等機會的組織捐款,過去一年她的幾筆大額捐款都更偏向住房領域。
斯科特的神秘之處在于,她比其他大慈善家低調太多。她是百億級別的億萬富翁,卻總是遠離聚光燈。而且,斯科特非常難聯系上,幾乎不可能?!敦敻弧冯s志就嘗試聯系斯科特就最近捐贈發表評論,無功而返。
盡管斯科特的捐贈肯定對受益人有影響,但其他專家認為,她保持神秘且不與接受者聯系, 這些捐贈可能無法產生持久的、深遠的影響。
“不存在長期關系,”印第安納大學(Indiana University)禮來公益慈善學院教授帕瑪拉·維普金告訴美聯社(AP),她主要研究無限制條件捐贈對非營利組織的影響?!八^基于信任的慈善是指提供的支持不止支票,斯科特做事不是這種風格?!?/p>
不管怎么說,斯科特的捐贈金額還是相當驚人。今年3月,她宣布向361家響應號召提交申請的小型非營利組織捐贈6.4億美元。其中279家非營利組織收到200萬美元,其余82家獲得100萬美元。比起來ACE收到的捐贈顯得更可觀。
"對于那些無法從其他機構獲得機會的初創企業,我們也會提供服務“弗里克斯說,“我認為斯科特女士相信她的捐贈能幫我們擴大影響,吸引更多人加入投身慈善。”(財富中文網)
譯者:梁宇
審校:夏林
相對于龐大的財富和知名度,麥肯齊·斯科特在慈善領域行事相當低調。她捐款從不炫耀或高調,最新一次也不例外。
ACE總裁兼首席執行官格蕾絲·弗里克斯告訴《財富》雜志,她實在太低調,總部在佐治亞州克利夫蘭的Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs(ACE)員工收到斯科特1000萬美元捐贈通知后,還以為是垃圾郵件或釣魚郵件。
這是非營利社區發展金融機構ACE收到最大的一筆捐贈。該組織成立于2000年,為佐治亞州新創立的企業提供貸款和咨詢服務,主要幫助女性、有色人種和中低收入人群。此前的2020年,斯科特就曾向該組織捐贈了500萬美元。
弗里克斯告訴《亞特蘭大憲法報》(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution),最新這筆捐贈“完全出乎意料”。“我以為她打電話來是要針對之前的捐贈寫博客或報道,可能想找我談談,也可能找受益客戶談談?!?/p>
億萬富翁斯科特是亞馬遜創始人杰夫·貝佐斯前妻,2019年兩人離婚后,她一直在陸續處置離婚后獲得的巨額財富。據《福布斯》(Forbes)報道,截至3月,斯科特已向2300多個非營利組織捐贈了高達173億美元,身家仍高達340億美元。以前她經常在博客和名為Yield Giving的在線數據庫中公開捐贈情況?,F在往往是受捐助方公開。
斯科特給ACE捐贈時,恰逢該組織向1500位亟需服務的小企業主提供3億美元貸款的五年戰略增長計劃第二年。弗里克斯說,這筆無限制條件的捐贈可以幫助ACE實現“遠大的目標”,還能提供10萬小時的商業咨詢服務。
弗里克斯在給《財富》雜志的聲明中表示:“設想有資源之后ACE能做什么是一回事,但如果一開始就擁有資源,敢于為使命設想,追求更好的現實,心態則完全不一樣?!?/p>
斯科特默默付出
不管是慈善家還是普通人,都對斯科特的巨額財富和慷慨捐贈津津樂道。
8月慈善組織Philanthropy Together首席執行官薩拉·洛梅林在《財富》雜志發表的專欄文章中寫道:“2020年以來,麥肯齊·斯科特向全球2300多家非營利組織捐贈了驚人的170億美元,每筆都在百萬以上,而且沒有限制條件,她非常重視社會變革前沿領導者的知識、關系和專業度。真的很棒?!彼箍铺亟洺O蜿P注公平正義、教育、健康、經濟安全和平等機會的組織捐款,過去一年她的幾筆大額捐款都更偏向住房領域。
斯科特的神秘之處在于,她比其他大慈善家低調太多。她是百億級別的億萬富翁,卻總是遠離聚光燈。而且,斯科特非常難聯系上,幾乎不可能?!敦敻弧冯s志就嘗試聯系斯科特就最近捐贈發表評論,無功而返。
盡管斯科特的捐贈肯定對受益人有影響,但其他專家認為,她保持神秘且不與接受者聯系, 這些捐贈可能無法產生持久的、深遠的影響。
“不存在長期關系,”印第安納大學(Indiana University)禮來公益慈善學院教授帕瑪拉·維普金告訴美聯社(AP),她主要研究無限制條件捐贈對非營利組織的影響。“所謂基于信任的慈善是指提供的支持不止支票,斯科特做事不是這種風格?!?/p>
不管怎么說,斯科特的捐贈金額還是相當驚人。今年3月,她宣布向361家響應號召提交申請的小型非營利組織捐贈6.4億美元。其中279家非營利組織收到200萬美元,其余82家獲得100萬美元。比起來ACE收到的捐贈顯得更可觀。
"對于那些無法從其他機構獲得機會的初創企業,我們也會提供服務“弗里克斯說,“我認為斯科特女士相信她的捐贈能幫我們擴大影響,吸引更多人加入投身慈善?!保ㄘ敻恢形木W)
譯者:梁宇
審校:夏林
Considering her vast wealth and name recognition, MacKenzie Scott is a fairly quiet philanthropist. She’s not showy or flashy when she makes donations—and her latest gift is no exception.
She’s so low-key, in fact, that an employee of Cleveland, Ga.-based Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) thought their notification of a $10 million gift from Scott was a spam or phishing email, Grace Fricks, president and CEO of ACE, told Fortune.
This was the largest gift ACE, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution, had ever received. Launched in 2000, the nonprofit offers loans and advisory services to new businesses in Georgia, focusing on helping women, people of color, and people with low to moderate incomes. Scott had previously donated $5 million to the organization in 2020.
The latest gift came “completely out of the blue,” Fricks told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I thought, you know, she’s probably calling because they’re going to be doing a blog or a story on the impact of MacKenzie Scott’s previous awards, and she either wants to talk to me or wants to talk to one of our clients who benefited.”
Scott, billionaire ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has made it her mission since her 2019 divorce to offload much of the fortune she gained from the demise of their marriage. As of March, Scott had donated a whopping $17.3 billion to more than 2,300 nonprofit organizations but is still worth an estimated $34 billion, according to Forbes. She used to publicize the gifts made in online blog posts and an online database called Yield Giving. But now, gifts are only typically publicized by the recipient.
Scott’s gift to ACE came just in time as the nonprofit is in year two of a five-year strategic growth plan to provide 1,500 underserved small business owners with $300 million in loans. The unrestricted gift will help ACE achieve those “ambitious goals,” Fricks said, along with 100,000 hours of business consulting services.
“It is one thing to dream about what ACE could achieve if we had the resources,” Fricks said in a statement to Fortune. “It’s entirely a different mindset when you start with having the resources so you can envision and implement a better reality for your mission.”
Scott’s quiet giving
Scott’s vast fortune and tendency to give fascinates philanthropists and regular people alike.
“MacKenzie Scott has mobilized a staggering $17 billion to 2,300+ nonprofits globally since 2020, largely through unrestricted seven-figure donations rooted in the growing calls to center on the knowledge, relationships, and expertise of leaders on the frontlines of social change,” Sara Lomelin, CEO of Philanthropy Together, wrote in an op-ed published by Fortune in August. “Brava.” Scott typically donates to organizations focused on equity and justice, education, health and economic security and opportunity—although a couple of her major gifts made in the past year focused on housing.
But what’s mysterious about Scott is she’s not nearly as flashy as other major philanthropists. She’s a billionaire dozens of times over, yet doesn’t put herself in the limelight. In fact, Scott is infamously difficult—if not impossible—to contact. Indeed, attempts by Fortune to reach Scott to comment on this recent gift were unsuccessful.
Although Scott’s gifts undoubtedly have an impact on beneficiaries, other experts argue her lack of transparency and contact with recipients doesn’t make much long-term impact.
“There’s no long-term relationship,” Pamala Wiepking, a professor at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, who has studied the impact of unrestricted giving on nonprofits, told the AP. “What they are saying with trust-based philanthropy is to offer support beyond a check, and that’s typically not what she is doing.”
Still, the sheer volume of giving by Scott is impressive. In March, she announced she was giving $640 million to 361 small nonprofits that responded to an open call for applications. Of those, 279 nonprofits received $2 million, and the remaining 82 were given $1 million. That makes ACE’s donation seem even more sizable.
“We give people a chance when others won’t,” Fricks said. “I believe Ms. Scott believes her gift will increase our impact and attract others to join with us.”